Howdy from Canada and my deepest sympathy regarding the situation in your country. I have a problem with my electrical system in my 68 Firebird coupe. This car came with out A/C, Pwr. windows or seats. I was hoping I could get some ideas as to the possible cause. I purchased the car with no motor or transmission and am in the process of a complete restoration. I have powered up the electrical system (Motor and tranny not installed) and have a strange problem. I have replaced all of the sockets in the car and restored the front and rear wiring harnesses. All exterior lights and signals work properly. When I turn on my park lights the two dash signal light indicators illuminate and my dash lights do not come on. When I remove the front park light bulbs the corresponding dash light goes out. If I use my voltage tester at the front sockets I have power at each lead when the parks are on. Has anyone experienced a similar problem? Any suggestions that might lead me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Brent B
I wanted to share this e-mail with everyone just in case you experience the same problem some day. ********************************************* Hi, I had the same problem with my 67 firebird. When I turned on my parking lights and my headlights, the two dash turn signal lights would stay on and my dash instrument lights would not work. I found that the problem was the ground loop on the backside of the dash instrument cluster that goes from the high beam indicator light up to the top middle mounting screw on the dash instrument cluster was not grounded properly. There was paint between the metal ground loop and the metal of the dash. I scraped the paint off the metal dash and made sure the ground loop was touching bare metal and it took care of the problem.
Hope this takes care of your problem, John ******************************************** I went home and using a grounded wire touched the back housing of the instrument cluster. The indicator lights went out and dash lights went on. This e-mail probably saved me days of messing around looking for the problem. "Thanks John"
